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A rational process is a moral process.
Ayn Rand
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Ayn Rand
Age: 77 †
Born: 1905
Born: February 2
Died: 1982
Died: March 6
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St. Petersburg
Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum
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every man is free to rise as far as he's able or willing, but the degree to which he thinks determines the degree to which he'll rise.
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